SAN YSIDRO, Calif. (KGTV) – A student was taken into custody in connection to the stabbing of a female student in a classroom at San Ysidro High School Wednesday morning, the San Diego Police Department said.
According to police, the incident was reported at around 9 a.m. at the campus on 5353 Airway Road.
"I noticed that there was a bunch of police. Next thing you know there's a sheriff. Next thing you know there's a K9 unit, and next thing you know there's a helicopter, and I was like, what's going on?" Vida Sanchez, a San Ysidro High School student, said.
"My son texted me. I don't know, I had a hunch that it was not good. So, he just told me that they're actually in their classroom in a corner with the lights out and the door is locked,” Iran Moncayo, a parent of a San Ysidro High School student, said.
Police said a person identified as a male San Ysidro High student entered a classroom, stabbed a girl multiple times, and then fled.
"The police were called. We came, we searched the campus. The female victim was taken to the hospital immediately. Her status is right now unknown. We searched the campus,” Lt. Cesar Jimenez of the San Diego Police Department said.
The victim, whose age was not provided, was taken to the hospital for treatment. Her condition was unknown, police said.
"So heartbreaking,” Sanchez said. "I'm supposed to be safe, and hearing one of my fellow classmates, this happened to them, unbelievable. I'm very sad, and I'm praying for that person."
The incident prompted the school to go into lockdown as officers were dispatched to the campus to search for the suspected attacker.
Police said the male student was located in a campus building and was taken into custody without incident shortly before 11 a.m.
"He was later determined to be the suspect after a knife and clothing used in the incident were found in his possession," an SDPD press release sent Wednesday afternoon stated.
Police noted no other students were injured in the incident.
The lockdown was lifted at around 11 a.m., but the school was placed under a "secure campus" protocol. SDPD said instruction resumed as usual by 1 p.m., but parents had the option to pick up their kids from the school's library.
"This is my — one of my biggest fears. I mean, as parents, we have to work, right? Most of us, we have to work and this happening and us just being not around; it's not supposed to happen,” Moncayo said. “We are supposed to have peace that our kids are at school, right? And it's, I just feel uneasy."
If you have any information for police about the stabbing, reach out to SDPD's Community and Youth Services Division at 858-495-4708 or reach out to Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.
